¶ Rope
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“I take a piece of rope and I tense this piece of rope as vigorously as I know how. And the more I tense it the tauter it becomes. When it becomes taut, it means it is contracting in its girth. This means that while I am purposely tensing it in its linear axis, it is going into compression at 90 degrees to my purposeful tensing. Compression is occurring, though I am only applying tension. You understand that? The rope is contracting, going into compression, as a consequence of my pulling it.”
¶ Citations
- RBF at Students International Meditation Seminar, U. Mass., Amherst, 22 July '71, p. 8
